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Altschuld, J. W., & Lepicki, T. L. (2009). Needs assessment and education. In S. Mathison, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Evaluation. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Altschuld, J. W., & Lepicki, T. L. (2009). Needs Assessment in Human Performance Interventions. In R. Watkins and D. Leigh (Eds.), The Handbook for the Selection and Implementation of Human Performance Interventions, San Francisco: Wiley (Jossey-Bass) and Silver Spring, MD:International Society for Performance Improvement.
Altschuld, J. W. (2004). Fault tree analysis. In S. Mathison, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Evaluation. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Altschuld, J. W. (2003/2004). Emerging dimensions of needs assessment. Performance Improvement, 10-15.
Altschuld, J. W., & Kumar, D. D. (2004). Needs assessment. In S. Mathison, (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Evaluation. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Altschuld, J. W. (1986). Review of Assessing Needs in Educational and Social Programs. Educational and Communications Technology Journal, 33(4), 297-299.
Bednar, A. (1988). Needs Assessment as a Change Strategy: A case study. Performance Improvement Quarterly. 1(2). p. 31-39.
Berman, P. S., Sulsky, L., Pargament, K., Balzer, W. K., Kausch, D. (1991). The role of needs assessment in the design of employee assistance programs: A case study. Employee Assistance Quarterly, 6(3)21–35.
Cline, E. and Seibert, P. (1993). Help for first-time needs assessors. Training & Development, v47, n5, p99(3)
Cureton, J., Newton, A. and Tesolowski, D. (1986). Finding out what managers need. Training & Development Journal, v40, n5, p106(2)
Darraugh, B. (1991). It takes six. (six-step model for needs assessment). Training & Development Journal, v45, n3, p21(3)
Endacott, R. (1997). Clarifying the concept of need: a comparison of two approaches to concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing 25, 471-476
Evans, N. J. (1985). Needs assessment methodology: A comparison of results. Journal of College Student Personnel, 26(2)107–114.
Fairbairns, Jill (1991) Plugging the gap in training needs analysis. Personnel Management; v23, n2, p43(3)
Freeman, J. (1993). Human resources planning - training needs analysis. Management Quarterly, v34, n3, p32(3)
Ford, J. K., Noe, R. A. (1987). Self-assessed training needs: The effects of attitudes toward training, managerial level, and function. Personnel Psychology, 40, 39–53.
Gent, M. J., Dell'Omo, G. G. (1989). The needs assessment solution. Personnel Administrator, 34(1)82–84.
Graham, K. and Mihal, W. (1986). Can your management development needs surveys be trusted? Training & Development Journal, v40, n3, p38(5)
Hazucha, J., Holt, K. (1991). Starting right. Training & Development Journal, 45, 71–72.
Hiebert, M. B., Smallwood, N. (1987). Now for a completely different look at needs analysis. Training and Development Journal, 41, 75–79.
James, Bernard (1956). Can "needs" define educational goals. Adult Education Quarterly. 7(19). p 19-26.
Kaufman, R., and Watkins, R. (2000). Getting serious about results and payoffs: We are what we say, do, and deliver. Performance Improvement Journal, 39(4), 23–32.
Kaufman, R., Thiagarajan, S. (1987). Identifying and specifying requirements for instruction. In R. M. Gagne (). Instructional technology:Foundations (pp. 113–140). Hillsdale: NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Kaufman, R. And Watkins, R. (1999). Needs Assessment. In Langdon, D. (Ed.). The Resource Guide to Performance Interventions. San Francisco, CA:Jossey-Bass.
Kaufman, R. and Watkins, R. (1996) Mega Planning: A framework for integrating strategic planning, needs assessment, quality management, benchmarking, and reengineering. In Jones, J. E. & Biech, E. (Ed.). The HR Handbook, Vol. 1. Amherst MA., HRD Press.
Kaufman, R., Stith, M., Triner, D. And Watkins, R. (1998). The Changing Corporate Mind: Organizations, vision, mission, purposes, and indicators on the move toward societal payoffs. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 11(3), 32-34.
Kaufman, R. (1977, November). A Possible taxonomy for needs assessment. Educational Technology, 60-64.
Kaufman, R. (1977). Needs assessment: Internal and external. Journal of Instructional Development, 1(1), 5-8. (Also reprinted in Revista de Tecnologia Educativa, No. 1, Vol. 3, 1977).
Kaufman, R., Stakenas, R. G., Wager, J. C., & Mayer, H. (1981). Relating needs assessment, program development, implementation and evaluation. Journal of Instructional Development, 4(4), 17-26. (Also reprinted in Revista de Tecnologia Educativa, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1983).
Kaufman, R. (1986, January). Obtaining functional results: Relating needs assessment, needs analysis, and objectives. Educational Technology, 24-27.
Kaufman, R. (1987, October). A needs assessment primer. Training & Development Journal.
Kaufman, R. (1988, July). Needs assessment: A menu. Performance & Instruction Journal.
Kaufman, R. (1989, September). Needs assessment: More than questionnaires. Training & Development Journal.
Kaufman, R. (1990, Winter). Relating evaluation and needs assessment. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1(4), 405-408.
Kaufman, R. (1994, February). A Needs Assessment Audit. Performance & Instruction.
Kaufman, R. (1994). Needs Assessment and Analysis. Chapter 87 in Tracey, W. R. Human Resources Management & Development Handbook, 2nd. ed. New York: American Management Association.
Kaufman, R. (1994, February). Auditing Your Needs Assessment Training & Development. Volume 48, Number 2.
Kaufman, R. (1997). Needs Assessment Basics. In Kaufman, R., Thiagarajan, S., & MacGillis, P. (Editors). (1997). The Handbook for Performance Improvement. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer & Co/Division of Jossey-Bass.
Lareau, L.S. (1983). Needs Assessment of the Elderly: Conclusions and Methodological Approaches. The Gerontologist, 23, pp. 518-526.
Lawton, B. (1989). Library instruction needs assessment: Designing survey instruments. Research Strategies, 7(3)119–128.
Lee, Y-F., Altschuld, J. W., & White, J.L. (2007). Problems in needs assessment data: Discrepancy analysis. Evaluation and Program Planning, 30(3), 258-266.
Lee, Y-F., Altschuld, J. W., & White, J. L. (2007). Effects of the participation of multiple stakeholders in identifying and interpreting perceived needs. Evaluation and Program Planning, 30(1), 1-9.
Leigh, D., Watkins, R., Platt, W., and Kaufman, R. (2000). Alternate models of needs assessment: Selecting the right one for your organization. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 11(1), 87–93.
Levine, S., Joseph, E. (1987). Proposing a needs assessment model for academic program development. Saginaw, MI. Saginaw Valley State College. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 295 046).
Lewis, T. and Bjorkquist, D. (1992). Needs Assessment: A critical reappraisal. Performance Improvement Quarterly. 5(4). p 33-54.
Martinez-Brawley, E. E., Blundall, J. (1991). Whom shall we help? Attitudes about need and services. Social Work, 36(4)315–321.
McArdle, G.E.H. (1996) Conducting a needs assessment for your work group. Supervisory Management, v41, n3, p6(1)
McClelland, Sam (1992). A systems approach to needs assessment. Training & Development, v46, n8, p51(3)
McClelland, Samuel B. (1993) Training needs assessment: an 'open-systems' application. Journal of European Industrial Training, v17, n1, p12(6)
Meissen, G. J., Gleason, D. F., Embree, M. G. (1991). An assessment of the needs of mutual-help groups. American Journal of Community Psychology, 19(3)427–443.
Monette, M. (1979).Need Assessment: a Critique of Philosophical Assumptions. Adult Education Quarterly. 29. p83.
Moseley, J. and Heaney, M. (1994). Needs Assessments Across Disciplines. Performance Improvement Quarterly. 7(1). p 60-79. [includes an extensive references section]
Nelson, R. R. (1991). Educational needs as perceived by IS and end-user personnel: A survey of knowledge and skill requirements. MIS Quarterly, 15(4), 503–521.
Nelson, R. Ryan , Whitener, Ellen M., and Philcox, Henry H. (1995). The assessment of end-user training needs. Communications of the ACM, v38, n7, p27(13)
Newstrom, J. and Lillyquist, M. (1979). Selecting Needs Analysis Methods. Training and Development Journal, Vol. 33 Issue 10, p52-56.
Nowack, K. M. (1991). A True Training Needs Analysis. Training & Development Journal, v45, n4, p69(5)
Olshfski,D.,Joseph, A. (1991). Assessing training needs of executives using the delphi technique. Public Productivity & Management Review, 14(3)297–301.
Rossett,A. (1990). Overcoming obstacles to needs assessment. Training, 27, 36–41.
Rossett,A. (1991). Needs assessment. In G. J. Anglin (), Instructional technology: Past, present, and future (pp. 156–168). Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.
Rossett, A. (1992). Analysis of human performance problems. In H. D. Stolovitch E. J. Keeps (), Handbook of human performance technology:A comprehensive guide for analyzing and solving performance problems in organizations (pp. 97–113). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Stanger, J. (1993). How to do a work/family needs assessment. Employment Relations Today, v20, n2, p197(9)
Steadham, SV. (1980). Learning to Select a Needs Assessment Strategy. Training and Development Journal Vol. 34, no. 1, p56-61.
Sleezer, C. (1992). Needs Assessment: Perspectives from the literature. Performance Improvement Quarterly. 5(2). p 34-46.
Tafoya, W. L. (1983). Needs assessment: Key to organizational change. Journal of Police Science and Administration, 11(3)303–310.
Triner, D.,Greenberry, A. and Watkins, R. (1996). Training Needs Assessment: A Contradiction in Terms. Educational Technology, 36(6), 51-55.
Watkins, R., and Wedman, J. (2003). A process for aligning performance improvement resources and strategies. Performance Improvement Journal, 42(7), 9–17.
Watkins, R., and Kaufman, R. (2002). Assessing and evaluating: Differentiating perspectives. Performance Improvement Journal, 41(2), 22–28.
Watkins, R. (2007). Designing for Performance: Design, develop, improve (part 3 of 3). Performance Improvement Journal.
Watkins, R. (2007). Designing for Performance: Selecting your performance technologies (part 2 of 3). Performance Improvement Journal.
Watkins, R. (2007). Designing for Performance: Aligning all of your HPT decisions from top to bottom (part 1 of 3). Performance Improvement Journal.
Watkins, R., Leigh, D., Platt, W., and Kaufman, R. (1998). Needs assessment: A digest, review, and comparison of needs assessment literature. Performance Improvement Journal, 37(7), 40–53.
Watkins, R. and Kaufman, R. (1996). An Update on Relating Needs Assessment and Needs Analysis. Performance Improvement Journal, 35(10), 10-13.
Watkins, R. and Kaufman, R. (2002). Assessing and Evaluating: Differentiating perspectives. Performance Improvement Journal, 41(2), 22-28.
Watkins, R. and Leigh, D. (2001). Performance Improvement: More than bettering the here and now. Performance Improvement Journal, 40(8), 10
Watkins, R. and Guerra, I. (2002). Assessing or Evaluating: Determining which approach is required. In Silberman, M. (Ed.). The 2003 Training and Performance Sourcebook. Princeton, NJ: Active Training.
Wedman, J. F., and Graham, S. W. (1998). Introducing the concept of performance support using the performance pyramid. Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 46(3), 8–20.
Wright, P. and Geroy, G. (1992). Needs Analysis Theory and the Effectiveness of Large-scale Government Sponsored training Programmes: A Case Study. Journal of Management Development, v. 11, n. 5.
Yoon, J. S., Altschuld, J. W., & Hughes, V. (1995). Needs of Asian foreign students: Focus group interviews. Phi Beta Delta International Review.